Flamenco on Fire

Flamenco seals its love affair with the North in the sixth edition of Flamenco On Fire.The Festival, which is already one of the essential appointments of the year, will take place August 20-25 in the city of Pamplona, acclaiming the flamenco roots of the Navarra land in honor of Maestro Sabicas.

This year, the Festival will showcase a varied range of activities that will take place during 6 intense days that will set up Pamplona as the headquarters of flamenco up North.The streets and stages of the city will become a meeting point for artists, experts and the audience.

This year, Flamenco On Fire’s main theme will be ‘Generaciones, mitos y promesas’ (Generations, myths and promises).The concerts will all be developed around this topic, and the formats of the shows will be rule-breaking and innovative to build up cross-wide events and will touch most of the activities programmed within the Festival.

With a delightful and careful selection of contents, the Festival will offer, besides the major concerts hosted at the Main Auditorium of Baluarte and the already well known recitals of singing, dancing and playing of the Night Events at the Hotel 3 Reyes, a wide, free, cultural proposal on the open air, with ‘Flamenco en los Balcones’; ‘Jam Flamenca’ and ‘Generaciones, mitos y promesas’.Also, some educational and integrating activities will take place as part of the ‘VI Jornadas sobre Arte Flamenco de Pamplona’. And, just like every year, the best hotels and restaurants will offer a delicious food selection under the route ‘El Pincho de Sabicas’.

Josemi Carmona

Juan Carmona

Rancapino Chico

David de Jacoba

Flamenco overtakes the streets of the city, invading with art and music the most symbolic plazas and the most beautiful corners of Pamplona.Small recitals with traditional format will be offered in Calle la Mañueta, the City Council Plaza and the balconies of theHotel la Perla of Plaza del Castillo in Pamplona from Wednesday August 21 through Sunday August 25.

Flamenco Jam

As a novelty of this sixth edition of the Festival, ‘El Bosquecillo’ will host, in an idyllic environment, the acclaimed ‘Jam Flamenca’.This will open the evenings of the Festival from Thursday August 22 through Sunday, August 25, with the best of the atmospheres, starting at 14:30 h.

Juan Casero

Félix Estévez

Sunday 25

Gufi Gómez

Miguel Morán

20:15 h

| dj |

Jolis Muñoz

Generations, myths and promises

The oral transmission is the main learning tool for flamenco: from parents to children, teachers to students, one generation to the next one. The wisdom of the elderly and the maestros becomes available for the young who turn into heirs of magic and “duende”.

‘Generaciones, mitos y promesas’ (Generations, Myths and Promises) is themain theme for this new edition of Flamenco On Fire and it opens the doors to a series of free concerts that will take place at the ‘El Bosquecillo’, at Civivox Condestable and at Civican Fundación Caja Navarra. These shows will leave room for both young artists and great, renowned flamenco maestros, reminding us of the important oral transmission effect between generations and dynasties within this art.These shows are organized with the support of Fundación Caja Navarra and Obra Social La Caixa.

During the VI Jornadas sobre Arte Flamenco de Pamplona’ (Pamplona Flamenco Art Days) participants will be able to enjoy a Flash Mob, attend some master classes, workshops, documentaries, children’s activities, conferences, round tables, and flamenco experiences and cuisine. Flamenco experts, journalists, artists, historians and other cultural figures will be together during these exciting times. .

Designed to give value to Maestro Sabicas, particularly this year, these days will be focusing on the importance of the oral transmission within the flamenco generations, myths and promises through several activities organized by Flamenco On Fire with the support of the Federation of Roma Associations of Navarra Gaz Kaló, Fundación Caja Navarra, Caja Rural and Obra Social La Caixa.

Paloma Fantova

Baile Flamenco

Dining experience route ‘El Pincho de Sabicas’

Flamenco On Fire presents a new way to understand flamenco through the art of cooking with an eatery route: ‘El Pincho de Sabicas’, with the support of the Navarra Hotel and Restaurant Association..

The best chefs and restaurant owners from 30 restaurants, will develop their recipes around the figure of the guitar Maestro Agustín Castellón Campos ‘Sabicas’, with dishes and proposals inspired on him and his art.

Flamenco On Fire dresses up with a new image inspired by the theme of this sixth edition ‘Generaciones, mitos y promesas’. The graphic image has been created by Mikel Urmeneta specifically for this purpose. Urmeneta is a creative, multidisciplinary and successful artist, founder and artistic director of Katuki Saguyaki, and he was nominated Vasco Universal 2009 and listed by Forbes magazine in 2017 in the top 100 most creative persons of the World.

Touristic packages ‘La Pamplona de Sabicas’

The receptive tour operator of the touristic Company Itsaslur, Overtails Incoming, works with Flamenco On Fire to offer the Festival attendees the most comfortable and enjoyable stay in Pamplona.

This partnership offers the audience a great variety of services and tailor-made touristic packages that offer many possibilities and combinations of activities and amenities so that the users can enjoy a real flamenco experience in Pamplona, diving into the history of Maestro Sabicas while getting to know the richness of the Navarra land.